The good news is that 80% of 12-17-year-olds have at least one shot, and we’re already pushing 20% of younger kids! Hopefully we’ll see some drops soon.
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Get yer boosters!
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Thank y’all for the push to schedule btw. If there’s a rush I don’t have to wait now.
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Is it reasonable to be ok with unmasked drinks on a patio but not indoor mini golf (presumably masked but probably lots of people taking them off to eat and drink)?
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Imo yes. Indoor/outdoor is a biiiiiig difference.
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Agreed. Much better.ventilatipn outside even if the outside area is small and the inside area seems big.
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There were protests against vaccination mandates today. Ahh. Why, people. Please do protests for better working conditions for medical staff, THAT would be useful!
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Yes. This is basically our household rule. Though, I might do the indoor thing depending on what it is, and just wear an N95 and not eat or drink anything and keep it on the entire time.
Scheduled our boosters for Monday, which were the first appointments we could find anywhere, but the County is having a vaccine clinic today so we’re going to swing by and see if the line isn’t too long. I’m flying home on Wednesday and it would be nice to be boosted, even though I won’t have the full effect yet, but also don’t want to feel like trash for the famstravaganza that is awaiting me.
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For myself (and my workplace rules) as long as you are not unmasked for more than 15 minutes outdoors and you maintain distance outdoors, then yep. I don’t unmask indoors unless I’m alone.
ETA I should clarify this isn’t my will-get-covid threshold - rather it’s the threshold where I know statistically my risk goes up a bit so I need to start paying a bit more attention.
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With the announcement that all U.S. adults can now get a Covid booster, I suddenly find myself in need of deciding when to get boosted. My daily life is pretty low risk for Covid: I’m not around people outside my household very often and I’m masked around strangers.
I really would like to be at max vax status in January or February when I plan to take a trip to see family. So would it be a rational choice to plan for a booster, say one month before the trip? (FWIW, I live in a place where cases are currently on the rise again.)
Also, depending on when I time my trip, I could see a loved one and her spouse who are refusing the Covid vaccine (one of whom is incredibly high risk) for conspiracy reasons. I think I’m leaning towards still seeing them because I love them and don’t think cutting people out of your life helps the situation. But I had trouble sleeping last night due to an anxiety dream in which that loved one was severely ill with Covid. I know I would feel terrible if I inadvertently gave one or both of them Covid. So I’m also trying to decide whether I should purposely time my trip to avoid them. FWIW, they would be mortified I’m even having these thoughts and would want to see me no matter the risk (because they don’t believe there is any risk).
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What is everyone’s feelings about food samples being given out in stores? Is this a thing we feel OK doing now?
Does the answer changed if unmasked people are crowded around them like ravening beasts? I heard a story of this today and was curious. It still kind of grosses me out even though I know you can’t get covid from food.
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I got a sample today (triscuit cracker & philly spread), but my experience probably isn’t helpful. The cracker was in a tiny ziploc, the spread was in a takeout cup with a lid like you get for pickled ginger, we were all masked, and the person giving out samples reminded us we couldn’t eat them until we were outdoors.
So the biggest question was how we felt about the plastic waste.
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My mind boggles at all this. Even my doctor’s office isn’t having that level of caution.
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Alternatives to vaccine mandates, trace & testing. Is there any others?
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All of that…for a triscuit! 
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For public control you mean? Herd immunity and good therapeutics. Expectations- aiming for it becoming endemic versus disappearing.
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plus a coupon!
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Thanks!
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well i fear i may have just pissed off my sister in law by calling off our participation in family thanksgiving. but i know several people personally who have gotten breakthrough infections this week, case counts are as high as they were last winter, and i really just dont want to fuck around until we are boosted (happening this week).
ugh im so tired of all of this shit!
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